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VIDEO: Carl Reiner Mocks Cthulhu For Rod Serling

Posted on May 30, 2012 by John DeNardo in Cthulhu, TV // 8 Comments

Don Pizarro pointed me to this video treasure from Rod Serling’s Night Gallery…an episode titled “Professor Peabody’s Last Lecture” in which Carl Reiner mocks the Elder Gods. Great stuff…thanks, Don!

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8 Comments on VIDEO: Carl Reiner Mocks Cthulhu For Rod Serling

DonP // May 30, 2012 at 8:47 am //

Pleasure was all mine!
James Aquilone // May 30, 2012 at 9:00 am //

Carl Reiner is such a meathead! Can’t believe he was dumb enough to utter the Great Hastur’s name.
Jeff Patterson // May 30, 2012 at 9:37 am //

They did Pickman’s Model on Night Gallery as well. Now I’m depressed that Serling never made an all Lovecraft series.
- DonP // May 30, 2012 at 10:12 am //
  
  And “Cool Air,” too!
tam // May 30, 2012 at 10:31 am //

Steven Spielberg directed one of the pilot episode stories starring Joan Crawford and Tom Bosley.
Jon Meltzer // May 31, 2012 at 7:57 am //

Cute, but the ending could have been a bit better (I was expecting Carl to get zapped rather than become a rubber suit monster).

Who wrote this episode?
- John DeNardo // May 31, 2012 at 9:04 am //
  
  Opening credits…Jack Laird
AG // June 7, 2012 at 5:15 pm //

I was half-expecting the episode to end with one of the students asking: “Is this going to be on the test?”

Great stuff.